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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Meadowside, Sunderland SR2 7QN · smrc.school · 0191 522 8787
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 95%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sunderland 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 472
- 52 over 420 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.8%
- First language not English
- 11.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 71 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 85% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 95% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 31% the higher standard. Across Sunderland it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲95% | 62% | ||
| ▲31% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
| ▲115 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108840)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108840), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108840)
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108840)
Oct 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108840)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (108 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 108
- 23% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (14%) with SEND